If you have read or heard the term mesh networking and like to know more about this new technology revolutionizing wireless and cable networks both in business and at home. This quick guide will take ...

Mesh networking has been around for several years now, but can it solve your home wifi woes, and is it the right networking upgrade for you? And if it is, how can you possibly pick the right system?

A mesh Wi-Fi network uses two or more satellite routers to blanket your home in Wi-Fi. A mesh router is a more efficient and powerful alternative to installing a Wi-Fi extender. Here's an overview of ...

For households juggling work calls, streaming, and your run-of-the-mill doomscrolling, a system like the NETGEAR Orbi 970 series gives coverage a backbone that may keep day-to-day internet use from ...

With iOS 7, Apple snuck in a very interesting feature that has mostly gone unnoticed: Mesh networking for both WiFi and Bluetooth. It also seems that Google is working to add mesh networking to ...

Running wires beats running circles around the problem ...

Editor's Note: October 29, 2025: We've checked this roundup to make sure all of our recommendations are still available. We're in the process of preparing a new round of mesh network testing, which ...

Reliable internet in the home has become more important than ever. Home schooling, working from home have been added to the other activities of online family life. In my family we have tried a wide ...

Not cheap, but a good price for Black Friday ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

I have fiber from Centurylink at my home, with a Centurylink-provided wifi router. With an ethernet cable, I get a speeds ca. 600Mb/s, as measured by browser tests like fast.com and Ookla. But with ...

Applications that rely on microservices put demands on data-center infrastructure and personnel, but the service mesh can optimize routing requests between microservices without constant human ...